Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford

Item Description

Title: Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford

Author

Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866

Recipient

Spafford, Mary Jane

Source Document

Extent: 10 pages

Date Created: April 02, 1862

Description

Spafford continues to write from the Mansion House Hospital on topics that include worrying about his mother’s health, difficulty of getting a furlough, commenting on his preference to be a 2nd lieutenant and not a captain, detailed description of a day in the hospital, rules posted in the hospital, a dialogue he had with a drunken soldier from a California regiment, and description of a visit by a Vermonter from Windsor.